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Isola del Garda in San felice del...

March 16, 2021

Isola del Garda is a small island that takes its current name from the surrounding Lake Garda. However, during the two millennia of human presence, the island has been known by many different names and has had many uses. Today, the island hosts a beautiful neogothic villa. First inhabited during Roman times, the island was known as Insula Cranie (Isle of Skulls) as it was used as a burial site. During the final days of the Western Roman Empire,...

Tourist Office of Mali-ville in Mali, Guinea

March 16, 2021

No traveller arrives in Mali, a town in the far north of Guinea’s mountainous Fouta Djallon region, without a story to tell. Mali, which is sometimes referred to as Mali-ville to distinguish it from the neighboring country of the same name, is as remote as it is beautiful. The town sits among rolling green mountains that include Guinea’s highest point. Crisp weather and incredibly welcoming people give the area a special feel. There are basically two ways to reach...

Chiaia di Luna in Ponza, Italy

March 16, 2021

The volcanic island of Ponza is blessed with a chromatic richness and no cliff looks the same. The world-famous crescent-shaped beach of Chiaia di Luna (Half Moon Beach) is dominated by sheer vertical white and yellow tuff cliffs that rise more than 300 feet (100 meters) above the turquoise-colored sea below. Locals claim that on nights when the moon is full, the cliffs reflect the lunar light back onto the waters below. At sunset, either from the sea or...

Podcast: Widow Jane Mine

March 16, 2021

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit an old cement mine in Rosendale, New York, that has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and...

For Decades, Italians Have Salvaged Old American...

March 15, 2021

Early each morning, keys turn in locks on the ground floor shops along Pugliano street in the Italian town of Ercolano. Doors open to reveal shiny sequin dresses, furs in a range of browns, and jeans from the 1970s—plus a slew of military uniforms, displayed on hangers, dangling from boxes, or draped on white sheets. Many of the clothes worn by American soldiers who stormed Italy in the 1940s now live here, at one of the largest markets in...

How a Secret Cold War Project Led...

March 15, 2021

Andrew Christ remembers the day he became part of “this 60-year, weird, wild Cold War story.” It was 2019, and the University of Vermont researcher was just four days away from defending his dissertation. He was beyond stressed, and had better things to do than help examine an ice core sample drilled decades earlier. The core was subglacial sediment and rock, taken from below a mile of ice in 1966 at Camp Century, an American research base in Greenland...

Gordo the Barosaurus in Toronto, Ontario

March 15, 2021

At the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, one specimen dwarfs everything else in it: a 27-and-half-meter long dinosaur skeleton. His name is officially ROM 3670, but he’s more commonly known as Gordo, and he’s the largest mounted dinosaur skeleton in Canada, rivaled only by a Futalognkosaurus installed in the lobby. However, Gordo stands out because he’s got real bones in him. Gordo is specifically a Barosaurus, one of the larger of the sauropod dinosaurs. At 66 tons, it indeed...

Laumeier Sculpture Park in St. Louis, Missouri

March 15, 2021

Every step through the woods and meadows of Laumeier Sculpture Park reveals a new exciting discovery. A chain of giant spheres that look like a slithering extraterrestrial creature. Imposing mounds of earth that seem to have been left behind by an ancient civilization. A conglomeration of flaming-red steel oil tanks. Each piece of sculptural art scattered throughout the landscape creates a new way for visitors to experience their surroundings. Visitors are immersed in an art-filled landscape immediately upon arriving...

Carreró de les Bruixes (Alley of Witches)...

March 15, 2021

In the past this street was called Carrer Sant Bernat. But as popular belief spread that witches met in this odd covered passageway, the name was changed. It has an elongated layout, parallel to that of Carrer Major, with sections covered with arched vaults, and others that pass in the open air. The town of Cervera dates back to medieval times. The small settlement grew from a few houses into a fortress and neighborhoods made of terraced houses. Cervera was...

The Zoo, Groovy Yard Art in Morganton,...

March 15, 2021

The Zoo, Groovy Yard Art is a tongue and cheek zoo that is home to information on over 25 animals. However, these animals are artistic renditions composed of various mediums. Many are crafted from some combination of metal, aluminum, and wood. As visitors walk around the art installation, information panels provide interesting facts about all of the animals, many of which have cartoon characteristics. Some of these unique artistic renditions can be purchased. A few of the features of...

Longhua Martyrs Cemetery in Xuhui Qu, China

March 15, 2021

Longhua Martyrs Cemetery is a memorial to those who lost their lives at the hands of Chiang Kai-shek’s Kuomintang. During the 1920s and 1930s, the site of the Longhua Martyrs Cemetery was home to the Kuomintang prison. At the prison, hundreds of communists were executed in an attempt to wipe out the communist movement. Across the cemetery are various sculptures and a Memorial Hall. The cemetery sits on the location of the actual execution grounds and visitors can still see...

The Many Lives and Fiery Deaths of...

March 15, 2021

In the summer of 2020 in the small western New York town of Perry, the serpent returned. It moved along the shore of Silver Lake, long as a football field some onlookers reckoned, fangs bared. Its eyes were flecked with gold, a hint of its previous deaths by fire, and of the future that awaited it. Residents gathered unafraid to watch it pass. This was, after all, the Silver Lake Serpent, arguably Perry’s most famous resident. In its most...

Pul Kanjri in Attari, India

March 15, 2021

Pul Moran, or as it’s famously known Pul Kanjri, is a place very few have on their itineraries when visiting Amritsar. It’s located in close proximity to the India–Pakistan international border. This structure was built by Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the emperor of the Sikh Empire in the Panjab region of India, and was used as a resting place for him and his troops. According to local legend, when Singh was crossing this location, his wife, Begum Gul Bahar, refused...

Podcast: The Gates of Hell

March 15, 2021

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit a gigantic crater of fire in Turkmenistan that has been burning for nearly 50 years. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Join us daily, Monday...

Iberian Citadel of Calafell in Calafell, Spain

March 13, 2021

People who visit ancient remains often see a few stones or broken walls. But the Iberian Citadel of Calafell offers a chance to immerse yourself in a village as it was some 2,500 years ago. Calafell is located in an area near the coast that is popular with tourists, but it offers something different than most beach towns. The settlement was first built in the sixth century B.C. It is a fortified enclosure with several watchtowers. In the inner...

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